Good morning BT'rs!
It's another hot day down here and I'm already looking 4ward 2 the next BT-Beach-Party.
2day Annie will return from her deserved trip 2 Cyprus.

We all missed u...

You beat me to starting a thread, Igor.

Well, I found out that today is:


This afternoon I will be very busy, but I can always wiggle my toes!!


Good morning, for the ones that will join this thread!

Hey! Morning to all! I've been looking for everyone, but got lost when ya left the webcams...

how is everyone this morning?

I'm glad you started without me! I slept late this morning and am getting ready to head out with my Dadz around 10:00.

I was looking through some of the Holiday websites and today is a busy day:

Halfway Point of Summer !!! Already!

Hiroshima Day Anniversary

National Fresh Breath Day

National Pamper Yourself Day
Voting Rights Act of 1965 Signed Anniversary
National Root Beer Float Day
Independence Day (Bolivia)
Peace Festival (Japan)

Lucille Ball's Birthday "Hi Honey, I'm home!"

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Welcome back, Annie, you were missed.

Can you believe it that stupid grey squirrel was trapped by the feeder again. UFB. I afraid he may have a hearing problem now. I banged on the side a few minutes before I let him out. Hopefully he'll think twice before he plays with the feeder again. I may also have to do some engineering.

Well it looks like I'll have to live on less money but more BT. On that note look what I just caught in the garden (no it was not a squirrel in the feeder, again).





Not sure the species, a Lunar Moth comes to mind. Very pretty moth.

Good morning everyone!!!
Cecil great shot of that creature - we have several that live in my gardens and have not been able to identify them.
Below is a picture of my oldest holding the largest fish that was caught during out vacation on the coast of NC (Topsail Island).

Would love to be there right now except that it has been raining since we left.
I think we are starting to mold here in NC. Last summer we had no rain - this summer we are about to build an ark. At least it has been mild with the temps - only a dew days in the 90's.
Mary

Morning Mary!
Its been storming here too... i just walked outside, and i need a boat to get across the yard..only one thing to do bout this, go to Bonaire where the sun is shining...lol

Cecil, I can't help you with identify-ing (?) the flying insect. Never seen one here in the Netherlands.

Now you have a squirrel with a hearing problem . Hope it does learn from the experience...

Hi Mary,
Now a picture of you .
How old is your son? Nice picture BTW.

Diana, How can I get pics of my own up here? I don't know how to get it into a JPEG form..

Diana,

He is 15 on the 28th of this month and will be getting his drivers permit!!!! He has already taken drivers ed!!!
Below is a picture of me with my mother in law and her cousin - I am the one on the right. Same vacation on back porch of beach house.

mary

Brittany, I think you need some kind of photo editing software, in which you can convert the image into JPEG. After that you do the same as in the webcam section. And it need to be less then 50 kb. I use Photoshop and with my digital camera the images are already in jpg format.
Hope it helps a bit...

Nice pic Mary.. he's about 2 years younger than me. I turn 16 tomorrow.. im young for my class..

Nice to meet you, Mary!
You can add a picture on your profile...

Thanks Diana - nice to meet you too!!!
I am limited on the pictures that I have on my computer - my husband has them all on our home computer and I only have those that he mails on my laptop. I will add one once I get all of the pics.
Cecil - I love your squirrel story. My husband has been fighting squirrels in his bird feeders for years - but none have every gotten stuck in one. I did get him the bird feeder called the "Yankee Flipper" for father's day last year. You should try that one - It spins the squirrels around when they get on the feeder - it is the funniest thing to watch!!!
Mary

Morning all! Cecil, nice bug...EWWW! I would run screaming! I don't like bugs!

Mary, nice picture of your son, you, and family. My stepson will be 15 in October...he was with us the whole summer and just went back to Arizona...and yes, he is VERY anxious to get his permit!

I got a pic from the Marine Biologist in charge of our kelp project...here is what she said about our babies (baby kelp that is):

"Our kelp is doing well. Look how well it fits right in, like its been there all it's life."

Brings tears to your eyes doesn't it? Here is the pic that was attached...photo by Tom Caruso, www.PhotoCaruso.com.


For those of you that are new, to CC, here is what the kelp looked like a year ago when we attached the babies to the substrait!

Cynde nice to see your chilluns flourishing.

Wow! that looks a hundred times better Cynde!

Thanks gang...amazing what "slime on a tile" can grow up to be!

OK, try this:

While sitting at your desk, make clockwise circles with your right foot.

While doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand.

What direction is your foot going now?

I can't do it! LoL

Fish!!!

Can't ID - any help!!
may

Cynde, you're nuts !!!
Where did you pick up that trick???

I can do it "crosswise" btw.
left foot and right hand etc,


sjossss

Jos, I knew you were tallented...got that from "Ellen"

I don't believe you Jos, it can't be done .

Cecil I agree with you - it is impossible no matter which hands or feet you use!!!
LOL Mary

LOL , peoples , maybe afterall that lightning strike did have some side effects


sjoske

Jos, you have not had any spikes blasted though your brain to disconnect the right and left sides.

It even worse for me if I get the leg going clockwise and just think about a 6 and the leg reverses.

You guys are killing me! LOL!

OK, my old high school is going to be celebrating it's 50th year...Mission Bay High School, San Diego, California...We have an alumni website set up for our class, the class of 1975...someone was going through old photos and came across a couple of doozies...

This is my old principal...not only was he a "looker" check out the words beside the "hot" buttons on the panel...


Oh, and it cracks me up that the guys had as long as hair as we did (and like you do Jos)

Thx Cynde, I just fell of my chair trying 2 do what u told us 2 do...
Hmmm, maybe I can sue u!

Tsssssssss, guys with long hair... ridiculous!!!

Igor, the funny thing is I pictured everyone behind their desks, circling their ankles and writing the number 6 in the air! ROTFLMAO!

OK you can punch the applause sign. Being a constant foot-circler as a form of fidgeting, I can make counterclockwise circles (sixes) with either or both hands while foot-circling clockwise and not miss a beat. Perhaps I should join the circus.

--insert inevitable gifs here--

Now back to work...

Cynde, Your principal's buttons are a RIOT!

Cynde - you were right on with your picture f everyone circling their ankles and writing the number 6 in the air.

Loved the pictures - brought back memories of high school days in the 70's and long hairded boys. What is the guy on the right doing - it looks like he is talking on a cell phone and they weren't even thought of back then?!?!?

Niki, maybe you AND Jos should join the circus! LOL!

Buttons: I particularly like the following:
1. Never push
2. Nuclear attack

Ok, and what is with the 'wet cleanup'...and he would be fired now days for the 'wolf whistle'!

Mary, It looks like the boy on the left has something in his hand too...walkie talkies?

Cynde - maybe walkie talkies - however they were not that small back then -they were big clunky things!!! Who knows!!!

The buttons by the way are too funny!!! I don't remember my school being that cool!!! Wonder how many times the Never Push button was pushed.

Cecil, were you following me again? My Dadz and I went up to the Greenfield area today and stopped at Northfield Mountain which is a huge Northeast power switching/storage station and the sponsor of our eagle cam. We drove by Barton's Cove where the nest is located, too.



Here's the freaky-deaky part: we were checking out a perennial bed and there were a half dozen hummingbird moths on the purple bee balm. My Dadz took at least a dozen pix.

There are two of these interesting moths around this time of year in the East. When I was naturalist at the museum I'd get a couple calls a day this time of year from people inquiring about the baby hummingbirds in their gardens. 99% of them were bumblebee or hummingbird moths.



Why do hummingbirds hum??

Thanks for the welcome home Igor. I tried to post a message on this thread from Cyprus, but it came up as a fatal error. Ugh!!! Well, I am home now, another vacation over and done with, and only this morning there I was wiggling my toes in the warm salty ocean. See you all tomorrow I hope. Annie B.

We really, really missed you, sweetie! Glad you're home safe and sound. Bet you're sleepy.

Hi Rusty. Yep I am a little tired, but it is far too hot here to sleep. My body clock is telling me that it is gone past 1.00 am. Cyprus is two hours in front of us, and seven hours in front of Bonaire. I just hope I can remember all my stories I have to tell you all. Annie B.

Interesting Princess portrait:

Hi All,
Cynde, LOL, with the foot/hand trick. MMM strange the things your brain can do without you knowing it!

At work I could not get connected to BT this afternoon. When at home we decided not to cook, it is to hot here and go out for dinner. But, I guess all the people at the beach decided the same, so it was very crowded in the restaurants over here.

Almost time to try to get some sleep, but it will be hard. No A/C or small breeze coming through the window.


(just a gif I found)
And I have to catch up with all the threads

Annie! You're still up! Ice cream - that'll help bring your temps back down to merely hot and sweaty. Or dump a lot of ice and your favorite beverage into a blender and make yourself a slushie. Sarah did say that your next few days are going to be HOT HOT HOT!

How was Cyprus - hot? Of course, with the ocean all around the heat isn't a bad thing.

Diana...Annie...Martini...Jos...Igor...Geez, I hope you all get a break in a few days from the heat! Diana, do you have a fan at least to sit under?

Rusty, Cynde. I saw on the forecast that this heat is supposed to be in for the next two weeks. We picked up a couple of bottles of blue label vodka from the duty free, so now you all know what kind of slushies I'm drinkin' right now. LOL

Cynde, I'm really curious to see the kelp for real! I need vacation bad!!

Tomorrow my dad will be in surgery for prostate cancer. In an early stage, a routine surgery they say. But, still I'm a bit worried. He is 70 years, in good health. After work I go to Tilburg, to accompany my mom and visit dad at the hospital if things go right. Probably I will peek in during the day and then until friday. Or.. maybe I can take a look at the sunsets at my dads 'puter... Anyway post some nice sunsets for me later. I think I need them for tomorrow morning.

Sleep well, BT-ers!

Diana. I am sorry to hear about your Dad. I hope that all goes well for him tomorrow. I know exactly how you must feel right now, and I shall keep you all in my thoughts. Annie B.

Our thoughts will be with you and your family tomorrow, Diana. Let us do the worrying and you can just share your love and affection.

Grendel is looking for us:

Oh to be able to feel the cool water lapping around my body once again.

Did you swim ocean or pool most of the time, Annie? Did you snorkel??

Thanks for the support, it will do me good!
I really am glad to have found this BT site. Funny to talk with people and get to know them without seeing them first.

And now.... Sleep

A pretty Rose-of-Sharon blossom on a huge bush we saw today. It was covered with bees (and yukko - Japanese Beetles.)

Diana, I can't wait for you to see the kelp too! It is going to be a fun weekend

Also, good luck to dad tomorrow. I have a close friend that was diagnosed about a year ago, it was the early stages and he opted to have it removed (he is only 46 years old) and he has recovered nicely and cancer free. Let's all keep good thoughts with that outcome for your dad And as Rusty said, let us do the worrying

Oooh - Aaaah!

Rusty. Yes I did snorkel. I was still nervous but once I saw the fishes I just swam after them. I saw trumpet fish, and everyone thought I was mad when I jumped up and shouted out that I had seen Satchmo, LOL. There was a massive school of chub too, some were really big. I saw a beautiful coloured fish, all the colours of the rainbow with a lovely blue head. Darren tried to take some pics under the water but don't know if they will be any good. There were sooooooo many fish that I could not ID. Oh, and there was an orange thing which looked like a sea slug or something. Annie B.

The fish are so compelling that after a few minutes there's nothing on your mind but them. Snorkelling in a pool for practice is much harder, I think! I'm jealous of all the fishies you saw - a rainbow of living color.

When my friend Wenda and I snorkel in FLA we always start laughing with our faces in the water and it's funny to hear giggles burbling up thru the tube. When we get out people always mention how funny we sound.

About time for me to head downstairs - BoxerBob (that *longhair*) is about to start playing pinochle with his kin at Yahoo games and I don't want to slow down his connect.

Annie, I saved these for you. Our two bullfrog tadpoles that wintered over successfully grew FAST into big fat frogs. Jug-O-Rum!

Welcome back Annie. We expect a full trip report with pictures. If you get your done before mine, I'll make a fuss but it will really be OK. So you liked the snorkeling, you'd better watch it or you will join the damned.

Rusty that is wild about the moth. I saw my first one this last weekend. I walked outside this morning and there was another one. It must be their time.

I know exactly what you mean. We were trying to shout to each other Look, Look, and it just came out as funny noises. I just remembered another fish which had a big head, and it looked like it had spines at the back of it's head. Almost like a dragon.It was almost the same colour as the sand with brown stripes. Annie B.

Couple of sunsets, and I am off to bed I think.

Annie, sounds like a stickleback - are they in saltwater too, I wonder.

Yeah, Cecil, I've only seen the bumblebee moths one time - in my Dadz wildflower garden years ago - but the hummingbird moths do come to our bee balm every couple of years. We were hypnotized watching them today. Did they seem very calm about the human company?

No more nature questions on Wednesdays. I live for them and you had the moths this week, Cecil, and last week Cynde had a Chinese Box Turtle and I missed it til Thursday morning. Phht.

~Ranger Rusty lol

Oh Cecil - for you. Dadz took this today in downtown metropolitan Gill MA. This is the town that your eagle nest/cam is located in. This is the town hall in the mirror - 1793 - and the Congregational church - 1797.

Nice frogs Rusty. Glad they were able to survive your winter.

Cecil. It will take some time to get the pics sorted, but if they come out ok I shall post some. Hopefully the pictures will jog my memory too. Annie B.

I really gotta go to bed now. Can't keep my eyes open any more. See you guys tomorrow sometime.

Bonaire After Dark:

Rusty, kewl pic Oh, and forgot Bob was a "longhair" too

Night everyone! See you tomorrow. (I'm off the hook for work again - slow week. Bummer. Not!)

LOL Cynde! CYA tomorrow...

Hi Eileen! Bye Eileen!

Hi Bye Rusty!! (I need my own computer at work so I can pop in from time to time during the day... I have been waiting how long now?????)

Temperature here is still reading 29 degrees. This can't be right for the uk. I am really going now. I gotta sleep if I can. Night Eileen, night everyone else. Annie B.

Rusty, "Ain't nothin' like a sharp dressed man"...funny thing about my "longhair" pic above, all 3 of those guys are balled now! (Probably not so funny to them)